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prettygoodwordbumfuzzle (buhm-FUHZ-uhl) - v., confuse, fluster.
Colorful turn-of-the-twentieth-century slang. Origin uncertain, but the bum- is speculated to be an alteration of the bam- of bamboozle, while the fuzzle might be from English dialect foozle, to confuse. It's all bumfuzzling.
---L.
Colorful turn-of-the-twentieth-century slang. Origin uncertain, but the bum- is speculated to be an alteration of the bam- of bamboozle, while the fuzzle might be from English dialect foozle, to confuse. It's all bumfuzzling.
---L.
